11/01/2017 East Midlands Today

And now the news for the East Midlands, I'm Dominic Heale.

Charity shops say they're having to boost security

following a spate of break-ins over the last few weeks.

One shop in Leicestershire's been targeted seven times.

Another was attacked twice in one day.

It's thought some burglars are returning to carry

out further raids - with the damage and losses running

The CCTV shows raiders breaking into the Wigston Air Ambulance

shop early on Saturday, looking for cash.

One of them then takes a torch and comes straight down

They see that the safe is open with no money in,

and because the alarm is still sounding, they very

It is the shop's seventh recent raid, with four in last two months.

Now it is having to divert thousands of pounds from saving

For this to happen so many times is really, really

Each mission we do costs around ?1,700.

We want to invest our hard work and money into that as opposed

to having to turn the shop into such a secure place.

Across Leicester, at Age UK, burglers there struck twice

on Monday, damaging the shop, breaking the till and even helping

Our whole purpose is supporting people who are very vulnerable.

By breaking in, they have damaged us, really.

It is a lot of money to lose, money that be going into services.

In Nottingham, this charity furniture shop was targeted three

times in three weeks over Christmas and New Year.

As well as stealing cash and electrical items,

the raiders smashed up offices and broke a water tank.

The overall damage was more than ?10,000.

I don't know where some charity shops are seen as a soft touch.

There's a sense that, well, you don't pay for your stock.

The value is, what we're doing is saving people's lives.

Police say they are investigating the raids but for these shops,

there's now an appeal for more gifts and fundraising.

Earlier, I spoke to Robin Osterley, the chief executive

And I asked him whether charity shops are an easy target

No, I don't think they're an easier target than any other

retail establishment, to be honest.

It might be that there are some people out there who think,

charities, soft and fluffy, but actually, these charity

shops are, by and large, incredibly professionally run.

And it is certainly not the case that they are slack on security

or any of those other things that you might think.

But when security is breached, it is obviously very,

Yes, and it is bad news right across the spectrum of bad news,

Not only does it have a major impact on them financially,

they might lose important stock which they could otherwise sell.

Their insurance premiums might go up.

But, crucially, there is the sapping effect that it has on the morale

of staff and volunteers that is so dispiriting.

Volunteers are giving of their time and effort and enthusiasm to support

charities and society as a whole in so doing.

It is really depressing when someone comes along

Takes away from society and takes the profits away from the charity.

That is a real shame as far as staff and volunteers are concerned.

OK, Robin Osterley, thank you very much indeed.

The retailer Wilko has been fined ?2.2 million

at Leicester Crown Court after a worker was left

Corisande Collins from Glenfield was 20 at the time of

She was moving a metal cage, which was overloaded with paint,

She was crushed and suffered a fractured spine.

Wilko admitted failing to ensure proper health and safety.

The outcome of the case was welcomed by the family.

I think it has obviously been very difficult because she was extremely

young when this happened, but I think they feel that the end

of the criminal case will help her in her rehabilitation.

She has been remarkable in the way that she has

Derby City Council has denied claims it's cancelling the city's annual

The authority has confirmed that the parade will take place this

year, despite reports suggesting that it'd become the latest

The council says it'll make an "important announcement"

about future spending on leisure, culture and arts in Derby

The NHS in Leicestershire is urging patients to help themselves

as they try to ease the pressure on the city's hospitals.

Among a raft of measures, families are being shown how

to perform injections so that patients can be

Such is the severe strain at the Leicester Royal Infirmary,

it has raised its status to the highest level by declaring

Yesterday, over 600 people sought treatment there.

The A unit was built for 50 beds, but at times there are 100 patients,

They need to be admitted but there aren't the beds.

Now, to get the hospital moving again, patients who no longer need

to see a doctor are being encouraged to go home and to do injections,

for example, for things like diabetes, themselves.

Other patients might be moved to care homes

None of these measures are new but NHS bosses

want to remind the public about them as they try and ease the pressure.

We really want to get the message clear to people that rather

than stay in hospital for a month or so while you wait for a long-term

placement to become available, actually stepping down

to a short-term placement to continue recovery

And it also helps the Acute Hospital to release a bed for someone

who is really seriously ill and needs that bed.

She helps teach people how to do their own injections

Patients have a range of usually long-term conditions.

For example, patients with diabetes that need support

with their management of their diabetes.

We have patients with wounds, all sorts of wounds.

We have patients with pressure area problems.

As people continue to arrive at A needing to be admitted,

the pressure on Leicester's hospitals shows no signs of easing.

Work's begun on a major new rail freight interchange

on the Derbyshire-Leicestershire border, which should create over

Residents in some villages close to the development say

However, people in nearby Kegworth are delighted.

They'll finally get the bypass they've been wanting for 80 years.

The planes, and local councillor Trevor Pendleton,

show me how close this new development will be

In the distance, ground breaking has begun on this huge

You feel that this is a very good development because it will bring

In this climate at the moment, with employment as it is,

The East Midlands Gateway will cover 700 acres with 6 million square

900 people will build it, 7,000 will work there, plus another

The rail freight terminal, taking 16 trains a day,

The developers will build, at last, a bypass to take

I think it is very sad for the village.

I think it could be better for traffic but it might hurt some

The sooner the better. It is about time.

1935, I think, they were calling for it.

But not everyone is happy with the great gateway.

Many villagers in Lockington and Hemington have fought the plans.

I think it will impact on everyone round here because the amount

of traffic that will come in, the people who are going to be

building the thing, the people who will apparently be working here,

there will be lorries coming in and out, people trying

Like it or loathe it, the gateway should be up and running

Notts County Football Club has a new owner.

The deal enabling local businessman Alan Hardy to buy the Magpies

After a long negotiation, the most recent owner,

Alan Hardy, a businessman who owns the Nottinghamshire Golf club

and runs office fitters, the Paragon Group,

And he's already said there will be an announcement

So, it's goodbye from me, but with your weather now, here's Sara.

It is called me tonight but are continuing with that quite drunk

north-westerly wind. They should prevent a frost but there is a

weather warning in supplying for tomorrow and the Chans was seeing

some snow. Not only from wintry showers coming from the north but

also from some rain moving in from the south as well. This was captured

earlier today when the Skystrator Breitner times in Bamford. Thank you

to one of our Weather Watchers for that. -- earlier today when this guy

tried to brighten at times in Bamford. In the early hours, there

is a stronger likelihood of showers coming wintry. Tomorrow morning,

Cheryl started in case. You could see since now in the Peak District

and in North Nottinghamshire for a time. This area of rain starts to

move in and could actually cause some problems. It might sink further

south was but it could come for the North as well. Until it starts to

pull away, we could start to see it at lower levels and are built as

well. That is a big problem first thing on Friday morning if you are

setting off early. In addition, another little area of rain could in

some snow first on Friday. Things gradually start to climb down again

over the weekend and it is a little bit more settled by Saturday. I will

leave you with the potentially leading us into a chilly

start to the weekend. Time for the national weather prospects if you

are on the move. Good evening, a lot going on with

the weather in the next few days, numerous weather warnings in for so

buried in mind if you have travel plans. Lots of isobars on the chart

overnight which means it will be windy for all. The strongest winds

in Scotland, lots of wintry showers with snow getting down to

increasingly low levels and some wintry showers in Northern Ireland

and northern England. A cold night for Northern England, particularly

in more rural spots, frosty and I see for some and some of the snow

really blowing around over higher ground in Scotland. Strong wind and

further snow to take us into tomorrow. It may well make for some

tricky travelling conditions. The forecast for tomorrow in the

southern half of the UK's quite tricky. We have got mild air bumping